Album of the Week, 52: Messy – Olivia Dean
As debut albums go, Olivia Dean’s Messy is up there as one of my favourites.
Straight out the sleeve:
This week’s picks…
Album Review: LAUSSE THE CAT – ‘The Mocking Stars’: Who are we to define genres? A benchmark in the evolution of jazz
Jazz, I would argue, has evolved the most of any genre over the course of time. Stemming from Dixieland, through the prometheus figure of Louis Armstrong, the big band era, bebop, post bop and beyond, jazz has always been changing.
Album of the Week, 51: Ebo Taylor – Ebo Taylor
In 1977, Ghanaian musician Ebo Taylor released his first solo LP – the self-titled Ebo Taylor. He’d been an important player in African music long before this, though.
Waxing Lyrical 